Hurricane Sandy New York City Power Outage Map: Thousands Without Electricity In Metro Area (INFOGRAPHIC)

By Allie Compton

Nearly two days after Hurricane Sandy barreled down on the East Coast knocking down power lines and flooding residential streets, swaths of New York area residents continue to suffer without electricity.

ConEdison, New York's primary service for electricity, reports that outages affecting more than 800,000 in its service area, which covers the New York City boroughs and Westchester County, NY, and extends from Staten Island all the way to Ossining in Westchester. (The map below shows only affected neighborhoods in New York City and surrounding boroughs.)

Hurricane Sandy New York City Power Outage Map: Thousands Without Electricity In Metro Area (INFOGRAPHIC)

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A casket floated out of the grave in a cemetery in Crisfield, Md. after the effects of superstorm Sandy Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. Hundreds of people were displaced by floodwaters in Ocean City and in Crisfield. At the same time, 2 feet of snow fell in westernmost Garrett County, were nearly three-quarters of residents lost power. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)